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N0. 606,169. Patented June 21,1898.

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MURRAY O. MAYER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE GAGE- DOWNS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 606,169, dated June 21, 1898.

Application liled July 28, 1897. Serial No. 646,276. (l lo model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ll/IURRAY O. MAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oorsets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a corset with simple, secure, and durable means for attaching thereto the supporter of alower garment, so as to make the corset complete in itself as a means for carrying the weight of such garment.

To this end the invention consists in a corset having a tag fixed, as to its lower end, to the corset, its upper end being capable of easy attachment thereto.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved corset, showing a pair of hose-supporters connected therewith; and Fig. 2 is a detail sectional View through a portion of the corset and longitudinal as to the attaching-strap and upper end of thehosesupporter.

The corset A may be of any desired form. The straps B are preferably two in number, but as many may be used as may be desired. These straps are short strips of stout textile material, each having its lowerend permanently attached to thecorset, as shown, being sewed at I) under the binding b at the bottom of the garment, the strap projecting upwardly from thispermanent attachment and its upper end being provided with any simple form of attaching device, such as the ordinary spring-knob and socket glove-fastener now in common use, the socketed cap 0 of which is secured to the strap and the springknob c is secured to the corset.

The garment-supporter is shown as a tape D, having at its upper end a wire loop d, through which the strap B may be passed.

This device obviates entirely the necessity for using pins, buckles, or clasps, it simplifies the operation of securing the garmentsupporter to thecorset, it provides a reliable means for attachment, and it is durable, the strain fallingin great measure upon the body of the corset and not wholly upon the strap, for the reason that when the two members of the fastening device are engaged the strap is held flat against the outer face of the body of the corset and taut, whereby the wire loop d is thrown, as it were, to the lower end of the strap, which causes it to be crowded against the body of the corset at a point substantially in line with the upper edge of the binding, so that a portion of the strain imposed upon the loop is borne by the corset-body in a line coincident with the plane of the same through the stitching employed to'secure the lower end of the strap to the corset-body. tion of the strain is borne by the strap, but as the same is held taut and prevented from doubling and forming a loop the strain imposed upon it is largely relieved and thrown upon the body of the corset itself.

I claim as my invention- In a corset, the combination with a corsetbody having a binding applied to its lower edge, of a vertically'arranged strap applied to the outer face of the corset, and having itsto the body of the corset in position to hold the strap flat against the outer face of the corset-body and taut when the two members of the fastening device are engaged with each other, whereby a suspension-loop passed over the strap is crowded by the lower end thereof against the body of the corset at a point substantially in line with the upper edge of the said binding, so that a portion of the draft or strain imposed upon the loop is borne by the corset-bod y in a line coincident with the same.

In testimonywhereof IaffiX my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

MURRAY 0. MAYER. 

